Personal Development For Successful Lifestyles

Personal Development skillsets are illustrated throughout this website to demonstrate the benefits of personal success. Once these skillsets are put into action they cause us to grow in ways that were unimaginable before. As you learn to handle every situation with more confidence the things you’ve struggled with your entire life will begin to dissipate.

Whatever season you’re in it won’t take long to find answers here, with enough content to fill several books to help improve your life.

Personal Development is not about perfection, but growing despite imperfections. Anything new takes practice whether it’s riding a bike, playing an instrument, achieving goals, or having more success. Here are some articles below to help start your personal journey toward a better life.

Losing your life passion is easy when other options pay more money, or they’re more convenient. In short term these options may provide a sense of security, but long term make you miserable. When we don’t have a passion in our work we can easily feel out of sync on a daily bases.

As human beings we need a life passion like oxygen to keep us in a constant state of internal motivation. Dreading each day to do something we hate is no way to live life. Here’s how it goes! Put your dreams aside, get educated, get a good job that pays lots of money, and live happily ever after. The problem with this formula is that it seems logical at first, but the end result many times leads to regret.

Years later we get the “what if” syndrome! What if I would have? What if I started that business I was so passionate about years ago? I wonder where would I’d be today if …. The bottom line is that it’s easy to play it safe, and follow our head instead of following our intuition, that inner call that pulls us another direction.

The good news about life

The good news is that no matter how things have turned out it’s never too late to reclaim your life passion regardless of age, or past. To start over, and follow your bliss. To regain a sense of belonging that keeps nudging us with an itch to do something new. When we lose sight of what really makes us happy it’s probably time to go a new direction. But even though this is so obvious … It’s easy to stay in the same old rut that has kept life on hold for years hoping that things will get better.

This is why people who never connect their life with a passion usually never get very far. Taking a step back can help determine whether your moving closer, or farther away from the things you love. Becoming more self aware in your daily routine can help determine whether your happy, or wasted time and energy on a dead end road going nowhere. Your life passion is not always easy to find, but the good news is that life rewards those who do, and it far outweighs the effort.

Discovering your passion

Discovering your passion is frustrating when you don’t understand what you want. For example those in college taking out loans for a degree in something they have no interest in. Others are influenced to follow their parents, or peers dream instead of their own. Once you have a deeper understanding of yourself it’s a lot easier to align your career, lifestyle, and business with the direction you want to go.

Suppose you know deep down that something is missing in your life, but to the outside world your life seems perfect. There’s a disconnect between reality, and what you truly want.

Spending a lifetime in an environment that pulls us away from our aspirations is not smart. If you don’t have a passion you can develop one with a little imagination. But you will need to train yourself to think outside the box, and brainstorm new ideas that catch your interest. Here’s some examples below:

Brainstorming passionate ideas

Read Books: Start reading magazines, books, and articles until something strikes your interest. This can help your mind open up to new ideas.

Learn new skills: Learn the art of practice with new skillsets that make you feel awkward, challenged, and uncomfortable. If you want to grow you have to get uncomfortable at first.

Develop your curiosity: Successful entrepreneurs know this well. They ask questions, and have a keen interest in new things. Average people walk by opportunities everyday with no curiosity.

Motivate yourself: Surround yourself with things that make you feel amazing, and begin to move your energy, thoughts, ideas, and creativity in that direction.

Start small: Whenever we have a burst of energy it needs to be maintained with consistency. Start out doing small things without being overwhelmed with this new way of life. Big things often have small beginnings.

Dream Big: If you’re going to have a dream make it big. Why not? It takes just as much effort to think small as it does to think big. If you can’t do big things, do small things in a big way.

There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Mandela

Reclaim old hobbies

It’s amazing how small things that you’re passionate for can lead to great success. Reclaiming some of them old hobbies of the past with a little creativity can make you a lot of money doing something you love. What did you love doing in the past that you’re not doing now? Do you have that same passion in the things you’re doing now? Maybe it’s a money issue! You might be surprised how much money you can make doing things you enjoy.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. Harriet Tubman

Finding hidden treasures under layers of the past

Your life passion maybe hidden treasure in plain sight. Sometimes it’s hidden in deep layers of the past. When you train yourself to brainstorm new ideas try to focus on things you love doing now, and things you loved doing in the past. This process could help you reclaim a long-lost passion that can actually make you a lot of money. Sometimes you have to take a few steps back before you can move forward to improve your life.

Write down every new idea you can think of no matter how silly it is. You would be amazed at how many people have gotten rich from silly ideas. Let’s be honest. If you’re going to connect your life passion to your work you might as well make a lot of money doing it right? Brainstorming ideas is a great place to start. Do it often and it will help you expand your imagination.

Make your life passion internal

Passion is something that should always be internal. You can do a lot to change the environment around you, so that you’re surrounded with positive energy; however you will never be able to separate yourself from negative influence.

For this reason it is critical that you make your passion in life internal. Even in the darkest hours when faced with major obstacles, you can keep moving forward when your passion is internally ingrained within you. When your passion is internal success will come naturally.

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. Anthony J. D’Angelo

Why it’s never too late to follow your dreams

Years ago Ray Price a close friend of mine spent 40 years in the meat industry before finally retiring at 65. He was a passionate bass fisher who never stood still, and found himself getting bored after retirement. So he started making bass jigs from home to keep his sanity when he wasn’t fishing.

Soon afterwards he opened a bass shop where he made bass jigs for the local community. Within 2 years he had several employees making bass jigs sent all over the world. After 3 years of retiring he was making more money than he ever did in his entire life.

He told me one day he would have quit the meat industry years earlier…. if he had known how much money he could make doing what he loved. He taught me a great lesson in life. It’s never too late to find your bliss, and follow your dreams.

He died the same day as my sister, and both of them had a huge impact on my life. Both were very successful, and taught me how important it was to connect my life with my passion. To follow your dreams and never look back with regret.

The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it’s possible to achieve the American dream. Tommy Hilfiger

Final Thoughts

Continue reading things that inspire you: things that cause your inner drive to motivate you into action. Everything around us is an opportunity to discover something new, and exciting. Finding your life passion is one of the most satisfying things you will ever experience. Do everything in your power to connect your life with things you enjoy doing. It’s never too late to make positive changes, and start over with new beginnings.

Usually the People in life who experience positive change follow personal development principles that have been around since the dawn of thought. The life we now have has enormous potential when we learn to utilize the resources available within us. So how can this inner potential be harnessed to create the life you truly want?

Everything around us, and within us are in constant cycles of change creating new challenges and opportunities as we evolve. However one thing that seems to never change is human nature. Our primitive instincts to survive, and thrive cannot be ignored. The one common denominator we all have despite every cultural diversity is a deep desire for wealth, health, and happiness. But for any of these things to truly happen we must make some positive changes in our lives.

We all have areas in our life that need improvement, but the reasons vary! Maybe it’s time to start a new business, make new friends, get into a new relationship, or out of an old one. Usually it’s our intuition that lets us know when our life needs to change.

5 Essential skillsets for positive change

1 – Master Your Time Wisely

Every person on the planet has 24 hours each day to use wisely, or waste it away.We can easily find ourselves habitually wasting away time on things that don’t matter.

The choices we make everyday determines how we spend our time which determines our present state we find ourselves in. This reflects our true priorities, and measures our incentives. Time is priceless. We can either build our dreams, or waste them away on endless distractions that get us nowhere. Learn to increase your daily productivity, and eliminate time killer’s.

2 – Create a Dynamic DMO ( Daily Method Of Operation):

When you put your dreams into action your daily routines become detrimental to your success. We should know where we are, where we’re going, and how we plan to get there. Have you ever noticed how we get less done when we have no direction, organization, or plan in our life. Creating an Organized daily planner with a method of operation is a great tool that shows exactly what you want to achieve. Here’s some suggestions below.

Develop a dream

Find a mentor that has what you want

Duplicate what they do

Organize a daily method of operation

Avoid time killer’s

3 – Develop better people skills

Without people skills we simply don’t get far in life which makes positive change much harder. This one skill-set is what separates high income earners from low income earners in every industry. In most cases the better people skills we learn the more money we earn. At a deeper level this same skillset has an enormous affect on our marriage, family, and friends. The more energy, and effort we put into our relationships the more friends, resources, and opportunities pour back into our lives. Developing better people skills is not very complicating. Here’s 3 simple effective ways to make a positive change in the way others perceive you.

3 people skills that will make, or break you

Train Yourself to Smile More – A simple smile signals to other people that you are approachable, and likeable. On the hand when you don’t smile you seem unapproachable, and unlikable. Another good thing about smiling more often is it changes your mood from …. Ok another day ….. To … Wow, I’m smiling… Today I feel fantastic! When you feel good, others feel good around you.

Make Casual Eye Contact – Eye contact suggests that you’re honest, and trustworthy. When you look down, or away when people are talking with you they feel disrespected, unimportant, and ignored. To get anywhere with people they must feel respected. Learn to smile with your eyes, and nod slightly as to say ….. I like you …. You’re very interesting. Ask questions with your eyes engaged with curiosity, and interest. You can learn a lot about a person by looking into their eyes. The eye is a window to the soul. However don’t stare intently at them. This makes people feel uncomfortable. The whole idea is to connect with people at a deeper level.

Learn to Listen – Developing a keen ear to listen to other people talk takes practice because it’s our nature to premeditate what we’re going to say next. As a result we’re not paying attention to what’s being said to us. Learn to listen, and you’ll be praised by others without hardly saying a word. People are much more interested in how much you care then how much you know.

I have always wanted to be a catalyst for bringing about positive change, inspiring others to choose goodness. Shari Arison

4 – Grow your life in personal development

Develop a Plan of Action – Having a life plan on paper is helpful, but without action it’s worthless. The more we put off what needs to be done the easier it gets to procrastinate on our dreams.

Put Goals Into Perspective – Writing down your goals is easy! The hard part is living it out once the ink dries. Knowing what you want will sharpen your clarity, but the power of change is in your mind not a piece of paper.

Make small changes – Small consistent changes create big results overtime. If you feel overwhelmed doing big things, try doing small things in a big way. The main thing is to stay consistent as you grow your life in personal development.

5 – Transform your power into positive change

Information without transformation is worthless. Ask yourself what really matters then move your daily activities in that direction. We can choose at any moment to either build our dreams or ignore them. To do what’s important, or waste time on things that aren’t. We can transform bad habits into good habits or do the opposite. It’s in our power to make positive changes, and once we do it can literally transform our life.

Learning to develop good thoughts that make us feel alive, and happy should be top priority in our lives. Without them life becomes meaningless. What if there was a way to detox your mind once and for all. The one’s that tell you you’re not good enough: not smart enough: not attracting enough, and so on. Science has shown that people who have good thoughts about themselves, and life in general, are healthier, happier, and more successful. Imagine your thoughts being on a frequency, or light switch that turns on, and off at will. The moment you think about how unhappy you are, or how unattractive you are … flip the switch to … I’m beautiful, with every reason to be happy. With consistency you’ll start to believe it. What we believe affects our health – our self worth – our happiness, and our income. With so much at stake maybe it’s time to stretch our imagination with some good thoughts about life that inspires us.

Creating good thoughts on demand

Everything around us, and within us is in a constant state of change. This includes our business, our family, our friends …. We are aging; we are growing, expanding, reaching, and moving toward something. The question is what? We become what we think about. What we think about becomes our daily situation, and eventually these same mindsets lead us to our destiny.With this knowledge we can train our thoughts to work for us. We can turn off thoughts that drain us, and turn on good thoughts that inspire us. Our mind is a creative force of energy designed specifically to manifest thoughts on demand.Your subconscious mind does not discriminate right from wrong or positive thoughts from negative ones. It just stores up your command in real-time, and then creates the results. This is the exact reason why so many struggle in life without realizing they are the cause. Our thoughts create our circumstances, and will ultimately determine whether we win, or lose in life.

See yourself as magnificent

One effective way to turn off a negative view of yourself is with positive affirmations. Before long you’ll see yourself as magnificent regardless of the situation you’re in. They are words that describe how you want things to be, instead of how you think things really are. They collide with your logical mind which generally tells you nothing will ever work, or change.Positive affirmations are like software programs that literally rewire the brain with positive suggestions Under the right conditions they can create fresh pathways into the subconscious mind to alter the way we think about ourselves.Words are powerful when we believe them. Because of this we can replace our internal vocabulary with a new language of inspiration. Here’s a few more examples below.

Making thoughts a reality

Good thoughts bring good things into life. Sounds simple enough, but it’s easy to over complicate. The key to making positive thoughts a reality is consistency. Make up your mind to stay focused daily on what you want instead of what you don’t. Sometimes it takes a little more effort for those that are stubbornly negative. That same stubbornness can be a great asset to freedom. Fill your mind with good thoughts, and you’ll see good things happen. See – 7 positive mindsets to unlock unlimited success.

Developing positive mindsets can open a whole new world you never knew existed. How many mysteries are in the mind of man that we’ve yet to discover? The mind is a precious wonder with untapped potential that transcends beyond our wildest dreams.

“The mind is just like a muscle – the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets and the more it can expand.” Idowu Koyenikan

1 – Learn to use positive mindsets correctly

There are specific reasons why positive mindsets are so effective. Everything we see is made up of energy. Here’s the good, and bad news. When we focus on our dreams with certainty we can unleash a powerful energy source that manifests success on demand. The bad news is our point of focus can also work against us.

There are laws in the universe that are so precise they never fail. What we believe, and focus on most determines our outcome. Many of us have no idea this power even exists. The creative mind has no limitations, and because of this the possibilities in our life are endless.

With a detailed focus we can elevate higher frequency levels of energy to carry out specific commands at will. Developing positive mindsets with a laser focus on our intention is the key to personal success.

2 – Remove logical reasonings that set limitations

We are the only one who can put limitations on our life. These limitations originated from social conditioning in our childhood that embedded what we can, and cannot do. When you’re not aware of this you can easily put barriers around every corner of your life

The law of cause, and effect applies to every thought we think in real-time. Our mind has the capacity to think things into existence. It’s as sure as gravity! Your mind has the power to create the life you focus on most. How? Simply bypass the logical gate keeper.

Our logical mind can be our worst enemy. For example: we know logically that certain things are bad for us yet we do them anyway. Our logical mind will justify them all while putting up limitations around every corner.

We learn early on to hide behind logic to justify insecurities, laziness, addictions, and several other things that give us a false sense of justification. When we allow our logic to dominate every decision we never experience our full potential. It will control our thoughts, positions, and conditions while defending our present life without any recognition for change.

“There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge. Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.” Napoleon Hill

3 – Use your internal vocabulary intelligently

What we think, and believe determines our life, and eventually our destiny. This is why developing intelligent mindsets are so important. They can either be a blessing, or a curse, and each of us holds the key to both outcomes. The unintentional consequence of negative self talk can literally sabotage our life. For example our internal vocabulary (self talk) may sound something like this:

Mindsets that cause self affliction

I can’t lose weight

I’m too old

I’m always broke

People avoid me

I’m not attracting

Why does this always happen to me?

Why do things never work out for me?

We could probably add several more to the list, but I’ll leave room for your imagination. Everything we need or desire already exist, but not everything is beneficial. Many people will spend a lifetime trying to fit squares into circles and wonder why nothing fits. The more we speak these seemingly light hearted words into our subconscious mind the more unintended consequences happen.

“Your words control your life, your progress, your results, even your mental and physical health. You cannot talk like a failure and expect to be successful.” Germany Kent

4 – Use affirmations to improve low self-image

We can’t keep planting lemons and expect oranges. Negative thoughts cannot produce a positive life. Even the most devout pessimist can occupy their mind with abundant seeds of opportunity once they learn to bypass the logical gate keeper. With this new skill they can create any life they desire overcoming, low self image, mental barriers , and negative belief patterns.

One effective way to reverse a low self image is through a technique called self-affirmations. This bypasses negative feelings one may have about themselves with positive characteristics they want to model after.

New research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, explores the neurophysiological reactions that could explain how self-affirmation helps us deal with threats to our self-integrity.

“Although we know that self-affirmation reduces threat and improves performance, we know very little about why this happens. And we know almost nothing about the neural correlates of this effect,” says lead researcher Lisa Legault of Clarkson University.

5 – Take charge of your life with power

When you’re not in charge of your life you’re powerless. What good is it to have all the success strategies to better yourself without the power to use it.

We have an inherent right as a human being to create the life we want. And we must use that right with complete accountability to obtain any power we have to make changes. This puts us in the driver’s seat of our life regardless of the outcome.

This maybe hard to accept because the choices we make affects other people as well. More accountability means more responsibility for bad choices we make. Especially when they affect those we love.

Our relationships have a detrimental effect on our success. The more we give the more we receive. The more we help others succeed, the more we succeed. When we put other people in our dreams we have a much better shot at success.

Only when we become personally accountable for our mistakes do we have power. Once we blame others for our failures we give away that power, and become a victim of circumstance.

“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of”. Jim Rohn

6 – Speak positive words into your mind

Every bit of self-confidence, or insecurity we have is expressed in words. What we believe, and speak determines our actions, and our actions determine our results. What’s the solution to more abundance, and happiness? We can either choose words that inspire us, or destroy us …. build us up …. or tear us down.

Our inner vocabulary either encourages, and strengthens us, or drains us. Putting a fresh outlook on life with a positive mindset can open up abundant success at work, and home. A kind word to yourself, and others can move mountains.

“Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.” Steve Maraboli

#7 – Focus on unlimited success

Focus your mind on complete unlimited success with detailed intention. Find out what you want to achieve then start moving in that direction at once. There are several methods for positive mindsets, but none will work without a changed perception of yourself. You can’t produce a positive life with a negative mind. Many can’t see the connection between their thoughts and their circumstances. They think things just happen by chance without realizing they are the cause. So what’s the solution? Practice speaking words that inspire you, and shift your focus on unlimited success in your mind.

Final thoughts

Make a list of everything you would like your life to be. Then appreciate it as if it already exists. Things will work in your favor when you use positive mindsets to better yourself. As a result you can have unlimited success in everything you do.

Brainwave entrainment is perhaps the fastest, most effective technology for personal growth on the planet. Science has now learned that our brainwave frequencies affect every part of our life. This includes our memory, emotions, thought patterns, personality, learning abilities, and our overall health. Whenever two audio tones are played in each ear at ranges between 10 to 30 Hz cycles per second.

Say one ear has a tone of 230 Hz and the other 220 Hz… your brain will pick up the difference and form a third frequency at 10 Hz and start synchronizing the beats which then creates a harmonic state of consciousness freeing blocked frequency passages in the brain.

When the brain hears these frequencies, it attempts to follow the frequency pattern. This is a natural process known as “brainwave entrainment. At this state the mind is wide open for positive suggestions and influence. These same frequencies in our brain can become blocked or deficient under a host of circumstances such as stress disorders, trauma, addiction, depression, and more.

What are the benefits?

Brainwave Entrainment has been scientifically proven to make you think sharper, Master emotions, increase energy, and sleep less. along with many other benefits. You can free your mind of destructive thought patterns while replacing them with positive energy that skyrockets your confidence, well-being, and success.

Personal Growth: Connect with yourself, and others at a deeper level with less effort.

Increase Happiness: Increase deep sensations of happiness.

Stress Relief: If you’re under a lot of stress simply put on some headphones and let soothing sounds relieve the tension.

Motivation: Helps stimulate your brain to enhance motivation.

Health: Proven to benefit overall health.

Sleep Disorders: Deep sleep healing to relieve pressure build up.

Improves Focus: Increases high levels of focus to improve success in everything you do.

Increases Energy:Helps stimulate parts of the brain that make you energetic.

Relaxation: Brainwave Entrainment is one of the best methods for total relaxation, letting go, and relieving the mind of tension.

Addiction Aid: Has proven to help overcome addictions.

How Brainwave Entrainment Works

There are obviously lots of reasons that brainwave entrainment can benefit your life, but how does it work? Well it’s not rocket science, but there is an art to getting the best results possible.

Create a pleasant environment: Createa place around you where you can relax, pray, and meditate.

Put on earphones: Simply put on some earphones ….. close your eyes and listen to soft sounds that fill your mind with peace and relaxation. The initial effects of brainwave entrainment are usually reduced stress, and increased relaxation. However within a short period of time, you should be able to reach higher peaks on-demand.

Use positive suggestions: Speak positive words into your mind, and focus on what you want. Usually about 8 minutes into the the audio sounds your subconscious mind will begin to open, and become more receptive to positive suggestions.

Learn to visualize: Using visualization is perhaps one of the most effective ways to master the art of brainwave entertainment. The longer you can hold your focus on something specific (20 seconds, or more) the more effective it becomes, and likely it will happen exactly as you imagine. For example if you want to buy a dream home be more specific. Smell the paint …. What color is it…. See the backyard …. You get the picture. Many successful athletes, actors, speakers, writers, and musicians use visualization to become the greatest in their profession. To learn more see the best information for brainwave entrainment.

Throughout history a change of thought has literally changed families, communities, nations, and the world. For many of us a simple change of thought would revolutionize our entire life. It would improve our health, our self confidence, our relationships, and our business. But how can we actually change the way we think about ourselves, and our outlook on life?

Affirmations have proven to be a great place to start. They’re an effective way to shift our perception of ourselves at a subconscious level. Many of us are unable to experience a better life due to mental barriers, and destructive thought patterns that hold us back. However you don’t have to be a total pessimist to benefit tremendously from using affirmations.

It’s no secret that we become what we think about most ….. So why not think about what you want in your life? Affirmations are an effective tool to improve your results in every industry, and business.

If you practice affirmations on a daily basis your mind will begin to direct you in ways you never imagined. You’ll think of solutions to problems that seemed impossible before. Brilliant ideas will pop into your mind out of nowhere triggering creative ways to do things better, and more efficiently.

You’ll become more productive, more alert, and motivated as you learn to master the art of positive affirmations.

Using affirmations subconsciously

Affirmations is a science for those who use them properly. There is a constant battle between the conscious and subconscious mind. We may have good intentions using willpower, and brute force to overcome bad habits, addictions, and wrong thinking, but if these intentions are not ingrained subconsciously they will most likely never happen.

Health and wellness affirmations for healing

We can speak positive words into our mind, body, and spirit for healing. This is done through prayer, and meditation to enhance our overall wellness. Imagine the benefits when you master positive affirmations.

I am now increasing all levels of energy – mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Final Thoughts

Hopefully these positive affirmations will help you in your journey toward positive change. Practice them every day. Decide on thoughts that motivate you, and start focusing on words to make them true. This is a great way to start creating positive change in your life.